 My love of science began primarily in the eighth grade and that's because I had an amazing science teacher Mrs. White. She just showed me how interesting science could be and from there I never looked back. Instead of taking things like home ec, you know, I took physics and chemistry and biology and I love the sciences and where it could go. Christie is a role model from various facets. One, being a pharmacologist at a young age and then moving to doing a start-up company to raising hundreds of millions of dollars in that start-up company to taking the company public. And now she's in the venture space and to have that life cycle of success in science, it's unmatched. I'm very proud of the fact that I was able to build a really positive corporate culture, just the ability to work with great people and to help them know that they're valued and that employees are your greatest asset. People looked up to Christie for her knowledge, for her integrity, caring, purpose. Christie possesses the whole package. I've always been so impressed by her willingness to give back. You know, she is a successful scientist and entrepreneur, you know, business leader. But she is more interested in thinking about how she can give back to better her community, help others grow in their leadership and success. I think the most important thing is to feel like you're making an impact every single day. And I do that in my job here at Hatteras. And I'm able to work with scientific teams that in many cases have never built a company. So I'm able to help them accelerate and move things quickly so that we can get answers in clinical studies as fast as possible and then hopefully bring them to an approval process. I think she's seen around the country as someone who is leading the way for how we're going to translate science into products that will help humanity. There are so many things to celebrate with this school. The transformation of so many lives of these kids that came and found their place and have gone on to do amazing things. It is a true gem that I want to help make more visible to everyone in our state. I always kid her about the fact that she can work in CSSM into any conversation with anyone at any time because she believes in the mission and wants to help make sure that the school is successful and that others have the opportunities that the school provides. She always makes herself available to students and I always say it's hard to be what you can't see. I just see her being a super role model. She is for me too.